GROUP MANAGEMENT TEAM
Dimantha Seneviratne
Director/Chief Executive Officer
National Development Bank PLC
Please refer pages 192 and 193 for the profile.
Vajira Kulatilaka
Chief Executive Officer
NDB Capital Holdings Limited
Total working experience with length of service at NDB (as at 31.12.2017): Over 33 years of
experience including 27 years with the NDB Group
Experience prior to joining NDB: Sampath Bank PLC and USAID
Exposure areas: Banking and Finance, Capital Market Operations
Professional qualifications: B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (First Class Honors) - University of Moratuwa,
M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA), Fellow Member Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – FCMA (UK)
Other information: Immediate pass Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and , Chairman of
the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE), CEO of the Investment Banking cluster of the NDB
Group and is a Director of NDB Investment Bank Limited, NDB Securities (Pvt) Limited, NDB Wealth
Management Limited, NDB Zephyr Partners Limited, NDB Capital Limited and Resus Energy PLC,
Member of the Governing Council of the University of Moratuwa, Has been instrumental in introducing
a number of innovative financial products to the country.
Lalith T Fernando
Group Chief Financial Officer
National Development Bank PLC
Please refer page 199 for the profile.
Darshan Perera
Chief Executive Officer
NDB Investment Bank Limited
Total working experience with length of service at NDB (as at 31.12.2017): Nearly 25 years of
experience including 16 years with NDB Group
Experience prior to joining NDB: Vanik Incorporation Limited - (January 1996 – June 2001),
Informatics (Private) Limited - (August 1995 – December 1995), Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC -
(October 1988 – March 1991)
Exposure areas: Banking and Finance, Capital Market Operations
Professional qualifications: BSc. in Physical Science (Second Class Upper), University of Colombo,
MBA, Merit Pass, University of Colombo, Associate Member, Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka, Passed
Finalist, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (CIMA), Passed Level 2 of Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA) Examination, conducted by the CFA Institute, USA, Associate Member,
Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (CIM)
Other information: Director - NDB Capital Limited (Bangladesh)
Prabodha Samarasekera
Chief Executive Officer
NDB Wealth Management Limited
Total working experience with length of service at NDB (as at 31.12.2017): Over 28 years of
experience including 9 years with NDB Group
Experience prior to joining NDB: HSBC - Colombo and Hong Kong, National Asset Management
Limited (JV : Capital International, Singapore)
Exposure areas: Banking and Finance, Capital Markets
Professional qualifications: B.S in Management Information Systems – Louisiana State University, USA,
MBA in International Finance – University of Southern California, USA
Other information: Secretary, Sri Lanka Association of Securities & Investment Analysts
Ms. Prasansani Mendis
Chief Executive Officer
NDB Securities (Pvt.) Limited
Total working experience with length of service at NDB (as at 31.12.2017): 31 years of experience
including 27 years with the NDB Group (18 years of experience in the NDB Bank)
Experience prior to joining NDB: Ceylon Tea Services, Maharaja Group
Exposure areas: Banking and Finance - Accounting and Finance, Corporate Banking, Merchant
Banking and Consulting, Housing, Leasing, Restructuring and Recoveries, Capital Market operations
Professional qualifications: B. Com. Special Degree from the University of Kelaniya, CIMA Passed
Finalist
Other information: Treasurer of The Colombo Stockbrokers Association (Current), Past Designations
Held - Head of Special Projects Department of NDB Bank, Head of Leasing Department of NDB Bank
Senaka Kakiriwaragodage
Managing Director
NDB Zephyr Partners Lanka (Pvt.) Limited
Total working experience with length of service at NDB (as at 31.12.2017): Over 14 years of
experience including 12 years with the NDB Group.
Experience prior to joining NDB: Senior Software Engineer – Virtusa (Pvt) Limited.
Exposure areas: Investment Banking, Equity Management, Financial Analysis and Modeling, Project
Financing, Advisory Services, Capital Market Operations, Portfolio Management
Professional qualifications: B.Sc. (First Class) in Computer Science and Engineering - University of
Moratuwa., Master of Business Administration (MBA) - University of Manchester, Chartered Financial
Analyst (CFA), Fellow Member Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – UK.
Other information: Managing Director of NDB Zephyr Partners Lanka (Private) Limited, Director of
JAT Holdings (Pvt) Limited, Director of Cleanline Linen Management Limited, Director of Idea Group
Limited.
Kanti Kumar Saha
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
NDB Capital Limited - Bangladesh
Total working experience with length of service at NDB (as at 31.12.2017): Over 25 years of banking
experience including 3 years with NDB Capital
Experience prior to joining NDB: Deputy Managing Director and Chief Business Officer of Prime Bank
Limited., Director & Head of Global Corporate Bank in Citibank N.A., Bangladesh
Exposure areas: Banking and Capital Markets
Professional qualifications: Bachelor and Masters in Economics from University of Dhaka, Postgraduate
Management Degree from The Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Other information: Member of the Board of Directors of NDB Capital Limited.
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